Bloomberg Japan’s Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura urged residents to further limit contact with other people and warned it could take up to three months to contain the spread of coronavirus unless social distancing was followed more strictly, according to Nikkei. Japanese residents need to reduce contact with other people by 80% to contain the spread of the virus, Nikkei cited ...

Bloomberg Boris Johnson’s government suffered another public relations blow and came under pressure to recall parliament after the country’s death count from the new coronavirus approached 10,000. In her first public appearance for several weeks, Home Secretary Priti Patel led the daily government briefing and was asked to apologise for previous comments by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who had said ...

We finally have a plausible answer to a question that has haunted American government for more than half a century: Why should we bother balancing the budget? The answer, as practiced by political leaders of both parties, has been: We shouldn’t. It’s too hard. Spending has to be cut; or taxes have to be raised. These steps are unpopular. Meanwhile, ...